India, Kashmir
Many in Indian-controlled Kashmir plan to vote this time to deny Modi total control
The vote is the first in a decade, and the first since Modi’s Hindu nationalist government in 2019 scrapped the region’s special status and downgraded the former state to a federally governed territory.
India's Jammu and Kashmir votes in first regional poll in a decade
Voters queued outside polling stations in India's Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has grappled with years of militant violence.
Voting for local government opens in Indian-controlled Kashmir for first time after losing autonomy
Authorities deployed thousands of additional police and paramilitary soldiers in the region where over 2.3 million residents are eligible to vote.
Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024 Voting Underway As Phase One Begins
The Election Commission of India reported a 26.72 percent voter turnout in the first four hours of polling for the 24 assembly seats in phase 1 of the Jammu and Kashmir elections, with Inderwal in Jammu recording the highest turnout at 40.
Indian-administered Kashmir goes to first regional elections in a decade
Voting for the regional elections in India-administered Jammu and Kashmir began on Wednesday, the first time in a decade. Turnout was 41 per cent in the morning of the first round of the three-phase polls,
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Video: The Silk Route Tales: Kashmir Life’s Epic Journey Unfolds on Treat High Road
A curtain raiser for Kashmir Life's Humaira Nabi directed 15-spiosde show Kashmir: The Silk Route Tales presented by Iqra Akhoon.
Newslaundry4d
Intrigue and independents: All the possibilities that might unfold in Jammu and Kashmir
But it may face the disappointment of the electorate in the Hindu heartland owing to the adverse economic fallout of the ...
ThePrint3d
PoJK activists criticises Pakistan’s suppression of dissent in occupied region
Political activists from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, under the aegis of the United Kashmir’s People’s National Party ...
Dhaka Tribune2d
Jammu and Kashmir election brings hope to restive region
At a campaign rally in southern Kashmir, 45-year-old Shameema Jan raises her voice and joins dozens of other women in singing traditional songs in support of their preferred candidate ahead of the ...
BBC4d
After a decade, Kashmir to vote in historic elections
For the first time in a decade, elections are being held in 47 assembly seats of Kashmir, long marked by violence and unrest. The region, claimed by both India and Pakistan, has been the cause of ...
Greater economic opportunities, 'Naya' hopes, in 'Naya' Kashmir
Five years after the abrogation of Art 370 in J&K, concerted measures have not only stabilised but boosted the economy of the ...
Daily Excelsior7d
Vote with a vision for future
Rachna Vinod Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir hold significant importance due to the region’s unique political, ...
Kashmir Times3d
Disappeared: Media Freedom in Jammu and Kashmir 2019-24 – A Status Report By FSC
On September 18, 2024, Jammu and Kashmir will have its first phase of elections in a decade, and the first since the state’s ...
Oneindia5d
Congress Hits Out At PM Modi For Terror Spike In Jammu & Kashmir: 'In Last 98 Days...'
Shirnate said that areas in Jammu, such as Doda and Reasi, which were previously peaceful, have also seen a resurgence in ...
Daily Excelsior5d
Dismal state of affairs in J&K, region grappling with unemployment: Supriya
Congress today highlighted the dismal state of affairs in Jammu and Kashmir and promised return of Statehood to the region in ...
In India's Kashmir, former separatists take struggle to the ballot box
When former Kashmiri independence advocate Hafiz Mohammad Sikander Malik filed nomination papers for the Jammu and Kashmir's election starting Wednesday, the first poll since India revoked the ...